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Ad Interim 1

This painting is part of a series of works being made in relation to a piece of land in South Somerset that is changing rapidly through time. It was formerly fields where local people walked, then became an archaeological site prior to the commencement of building developments in the area. This transformation is being observed and documented via my practice. As well as focusing on aspects of the ancient site such as finds from the dig, wildlife and plants, the lives of people working there, and speculation on the future of the place influence the manifesting images.

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Breakfast at Ashram Kitchen

This is another work from the ongoing 'Correspondences' series, exploring aspects of the digital world, particularly the internet. It's a larger painting than those I previously made using similar, almost 'Pointillist' or 'Divisionist' methods, and the subject matter is to do with a specific connection with a film. A frame from that film (The Apu Trilogy part 1 director: Satyajit Ray, cameraman: Subatra Mitra) forms the lower layer, and the speckled layer over the top partly obscures this, and…

Correspondence 10 (Apu)

Correspondence 5, All Yellow

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